Chao Li ignored Xia Chen's threat and casually went to his room and waited for the next day's alchemy test.
Slowly day had passed, and that day, Chao Li woke up early and got ready, and started moving to Alchemy Department.
Nearly after half an hour, he reached it and went into the testing room, and in there he saw around a thousand people, and like that room, there was another one, so that meant nearly two thousand people was going to be tested on that day.
Of those two thousand, nearly 1200 people belonged to four major factions, 300 people belonged to the Jade Ice faction, and the remaining people either belonged to Floating Feather or some other small factions.
As time passed, the hall got lively, and one hour after Chao Li's in, four white-robed elderly people came in. They all had some badge on their chest, which indicated their status as an alchemist.
They climbed the stage in front, and after that, one of them loudly said, "Hum! Ahem! Hello Everyone, I am Elder Shen, also renowned as Elder White Fire!"
"You can call as you like, but I prefer as White Fire." He said and continued,
"I am the Deputy Head of Outer Division Alchemy Department, a Tier Four Pill Grand Master." Elder White Fire introduced himself,
"Now, I will explain the rules to become an Alchemist Department Member, and I think most of you know the qualification to become an Alchemist."
"First, you need to have Fire Essence, or you much know Fire Intent. Your essence was tested on your entry into the test, so all of you have Fire Essence if I guess. Even so, we will test your essence and its level of affinity." He solemnly said.
"Affinity of essence is divided into nine levels, and it mostly depends on your spirit or bloodline. We will test your affinity with something called Beast Fire."
Everyone looked confused with Elder White words, so to clear them, Elder White said,
"You are all confused about Beast Fire, correct? Well, some fire type Desolate Ancient Beasts, apart from beast Crystal, has something called Fire Neidan, and it was the source of that beasts."
"People can refine and generate fire from those Neidans, and those even would have some properties, but you don't need to know about them now." He strictly said and added,
"You can know about them later from your instructors, and in fact, we even have Heavenly Fires and some other fires, but we don't have time to discuss, or it isn't a right time to discuss."
"All you need to know is, we can test your affinity with Fire Neidan, and the Neidan we are going to use for your test is Fire Neidan of Fire Sparrow, a powerful beast, who has the little bloodline of divine Vermillion Bird." Elder White severely said.
"That Fire Sparrow was a Level Five Beast when it was alive, so we can test up to Level Five Affinity." He added,
'How is our level decided then?' Most of the Disciples thought inside,
Elder White, as if he could read the thoughts of those disciples, replied, "I knew, you are wondering how your levels divided, correct?"
Disciples nodded their heads,
"Well, when you sent some of your energy into this Neidan, it will produce flames, and based on the height of your flames, we will decide your level of affinity."
"One Meter height, Level One Affinity!"
"Two Meter Height, Level Two Affinity!"
"Four Meter Height, Level Three Affinity!"
"Eight Meter Height, Level Four Affinity!"
"Sixteen Meter Height, Level Five Affinity!"
He calmly announced and said, "With Fire Sparrow Neidan, we can only test only Level Five, and about that, we can't measure."
"Now, one by one, come forth and take your affinity test!" He said, and immediately, elders behind Elder White came forth and ordered,
"You, come up to the stage!" That elder pointed to the disciple in front,
That disciple nervously went up to the stage, and then that elder ordered,
"You, take this and send your energy or energy of outside into this."
Some Disciples started gathering energy into their bodies, while some lag because of their low talent.
That disciple looked at a yellow pellet type object in elder's hands, and then he nervously took that object into his hand,
That disciple felt scorching heat when he held that object, but instead of pain, his spirit started to rejoice. Since that disciple had fire essence, his spirit elated with the heat.
That disciple ignored that delight, sent some energy into that Neidan, and immediately after, a fire started to emit from that Neidan.
That fire was in yellow, and its color continued to deepen as it increased its height. Its height continued to grow until it reached two meters height,
After that, it stopped growing further, and by seeing that, the elder announced, "Level Two Affinity!"
"Next, Come up!" He called the next disciple,
"Level Two Affinity!"
"Level Two Affinity!"
"Level Three Affinity!
"Level Two Affinity!"
And like that, the elder tested and announced affinity test results,
At one point, he announced,
"Level Four Affinity!"
Immediately dead drop silence occupied the hall because till then, no one had that level of talent,
That person was a beautiful lady with a cold face.
At that moment, a person screeched, "Isn't she one of Nine Jewels? It's no wonder she had this level of talent!"
Her name was Feng Qi, an Immortal with Earth Level Spirit, and her spirit was Fire Cauldron of some Fire God. She had the same level of talent as Chao Li.
Feng Qi proudly got down from the stage, and after her, few other disciples went up but none of them had Level Four Affinity,
At one point, Chao Li turn finally came,
"You, come up!" The Elder called Chao Li, and Chao Li also went up and immediately took Fire Neidan into his hand,
He had the essence of Supreme Life Fire and Supreme Death Fires, which could even form Reincarnation Fires if they perfectly merged.
Chao Li sent his Qi into that Neidan,
At first that Neidan didn't react, but Life and Death Fires ignited that Neidan, and immediately, Black and White Fires started gushing out of that Neidan.
By seeing those flames, everyone was dumfounded because till then, only Yellow Fires emitted from that Neidan, but on Chao Li's turn, they saw some weird Black and White Flames,
Even the elders of the department were astonished by that sight because they had never seen such weird fires in their lives.
"Black and White Fire! What is this fire?"